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An Email with the Subject "ATTN: CONGRATULATION!!!YOUR EMAIL HAS WON THE 2010 SHELL LOTTERY PROMO." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:37:23 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "Hafiz Ibrahim"<shell.management2010@yahoo.com>.
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FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY CORPORATION REF: 475061725 Batch: 7056490902/188 Winning no: GB8701/LPRC Date:14th of Jan, 2010. Dear Sir/Madam, We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released on 14th of Jan, 2010. from the Shell International Lottery programmer, which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from some sites,was carried out through random selection in Our computerized email selection system (ess) from a database of over 21,000 e-mail addresses drawn from which you were selected.Your email address was attached to: ticket number; 4700172507056490102 serial number 7741134002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1.3,000.000 (ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have an operational base. Furthermore, your details (e-mail address) falls within our African regional office in ACCRA, GHANA as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$1.3 MILLION will be released to you from this regional branch office in GHANA, To file for your claim, please contact our director of finance. Contact the claim agent with this information below PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOU’RE WINNING PRIZE: 1. Full Name: ......................... 2. Address: ........................ 3. Nationality: .................... 4. Age: ........................Date of Birth: ...... 5. Occupation: ...................... 6. Phone: ..........Fax: ...................... 7. State of Origin: .........Country: ................ 8. Gender: ...................................... 9. DELIVERY OPTIONS DELIVERY OPTIONS: (1): BANK SWIFT WIRE TRANSFER (2): COME TO OUR OFFSHORE PAYMENT CENTER IN GHANA (3): BY OUR COURIER FIRM, THE CLAIMS AGENT CONTACT Name: HAFIZ IBRAHIM EMAIL: hafizibraahm@gmail.com Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participants or unofficial personnel. Note: all winnings MUST be claimed before two weeks, otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations. YOURS SINCERELY, Mr. John William